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Williams College

1920 Women's Swim
Shiv Patel

Women's Swimming and Diving

Ephwomen Keep Momentum at Day 3 of NESCAC Championships

WATERVILLE, ME— On day three of the 2025 NESCAC Swimming and Diving Championships, the Ephwomen of Williams Swim and Dive showed off and showed out with more events wins, lifetime best times, and smiling celebrations. Heading into the final day of the competition the Ephs sit in first with 1349 points, just 7.5 points ahead of second place Tufts.

After an amazing performance in the 400 medley relays on Friday night, the Ephs looked positioned to match their performances in the shorter 200 medley relays. The B relay of Alden White (26.29), Annika Chu (29.98), Irene Yang (25.13), and Emma Dimter (22.98) outraced the competition to finish 1st in the B relays touching with a time of 1:44.34. This race was highlighted by Dimter's sub 23 freestyle relay split which stunned the competition. The Williams A relay, was led by Sophia Verkleeren's 25.25 backstroke split. Charlotte Wishnack then swam the breaststroke leg swimming a 28.26 followed by first-year Clare McDermott's 24.78 butterfly leg. The Ephwomen were in a tight race with Tufts A relay and it came down to Bernadette Ramoy's quick 23.08 freestyle leg. The Ephwomen ended up touching second in a 1:41.54.
 
Lily Codd and Kyla Kelley started the spark for the night in the championship heat of the 1000 freestyle. Codd battled with the top distance swimmers in the NESCAC through 40 laps pushing their endurance to the limit. Codd stayed in the second position throughout the race behind Madeleine Dunn of Tufts. Codd kept it up until the end finishing with a season best in a 10:03.55 for second place. Kelley finished fourth in a 10:15.74 which was a lifetime best time for the first-year. Gracie O'Connell swam this event in the preliminary session and finished sixth overall in a lifetime best time of 10:27.47.

In the 100 butterfly, Liz Ramoy first swam in the pre consolation final and touched seventh in a 58.48. Brille Gold took on the consolation final and finished eighth in the heat in a 58.21. In the championship heat, Sophia Verkleeren came in as the top seed, swimming this event for the first time at the NESCAC Championships. With strong and long under waters, Verkleeren made it look easy as she took her second title of the meet in a new lifetime best time of 54.20, an NCAA B cut and 2024 NCAA Invite time. Clare McDermott also joined her in the championship final finishing sixth in a 56.61. McDermott swam a lifetime best time in the preliminary session of 56.60. 
 
All three Ephwomen in the 400 individual medley qualified for the championship final during the preliminary session. Abi Greenberg was the top finisher for the Ephs with a third place finish (4:26.19) highlighted by her quick back half speed. Irene Yang swam a lifetime best time touching fifth in a 4:27.14. Ruby Groves finished seventh in a 4:32.55.
 
Two sophomores, Carter Roebuck and Clementine Robins took on the championship final of the 200 freestyle as the top two seeds respectively. They both went out in the lead and stayed in the lead, challenging each other and widening the gap between them and the field. Roebuck ended up touching first, to claim her first career NESCAC title in a new lifetime best time of 1:48.82. Robins also broke that 1:50 barrier for the first time in a 1:49.39, also a lifetime best time. Isabel Espinosa was also in the championship final and swam a lifetime best time of 1:52.82 finishing sixth. 

In the 100 breaststroke, Charlotte Wishnack won her first NESCAC title in a time of 1:02.77 in a stunning swim that came down to the last 10 yards. In the consolation final, Annika Chu (1:05.49) and Issy Hiller (1:05.68) had strong swims finishing fourth and sixth respectively. Hiller swam a lifetime best time of 1:05.06 in the preliminary session this morning. 
 
Sophomore Alden White came in as the top seed of the 100 backstroke with a lifetime best time, NCAA B cut, and 2024 NCAA Invite time of 56.42. In a tight swim that came down to the last 25 yards, White ended up finishing fourth in a 56.54. Aly Eward came in second in the consolation final with a lifetime best time and B cut of 56.74. 
 
Back to the other side of the pool, the Williams divers had strong performances in the final diving event of the meet. Adelaide Herman followed up her third place performance yesterday with a fourth place finish (448.85 points). She had a stunning 205C and 305C which garnered cheers from the rest of the team. 

"The Ephwomen are having a tremendous showing at NESCACs so far. " Eph assistant coach Allie Clark said. "Their amount of grit, heart, and spirit is rather large! I am excited to keep this train rolling over the final two sessions!
 
After an exciting day 3, the Ephwomen look to close the meet out on a high note Sunday in the 200s of stroke, 100 freestyle, 1650 freestyle, and 400 freestyle relay. 


Team Scores Through Day 3
 
1. Williams College           1349
2. Tufts University             1341.5
3. Amherst College             855
4. Colby College                 843
5. Middlebury College         738
6. Hamilton College             633
7. Bowdoin College             535
8. Bates College                  430
9. Connecticut College        398
10. Trinity College               337.5
11. Wesleyan University      331
 
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Players Mentioned

Lily Codd

Lily Codd

Free/Back/Fly/IM
Junior
Emma Dimter

Emma Dimter

Free
Sophomore
Aly Eward

Aly Eward

Free/Back/IM
Junior
Abi Greenberg

Abi Greenberg

Free/Fly/IM
Sophomore
Ruby Groves

Ruby Groves

Breast/Fly/IM
Junior
Adelaide Herman

Adelaide Herman

Diving
Senior
Issy  Hiller

Issy Hiller

Breast
Senior
Gracie O

Gracie O'Connell

Free/Fly/IM
Junior
Bernadette Ramoy

Bernadette Ramoy

Free/Breast/Fly/IM
Sophomore
Liz Ramoy

Liz Ramoy

Free/Breast/Fly/IM
Senior
Clementine Robins

Clementine Robins

Free/Back
Sophomore
Carter Roebuck

Carter Roebuck

Free/Breast
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Lily Codd

Lily Codd

Junior
Free/Back/Fly/IM
Emma Dimter

Emma Dimter

Sophomore
Free
Aly Eward

Aly Eward

Junior
Free/Back/IM
Abi Greenberg

Abi Greenberg

Sophomore
Free/Fly/IM
Ruby Groves

Ruby Groves

Junior
Breast/Fly/IM
Adelaide Herman

Adelaide Herman

Senior
Diving
Issy  Hiller

Issy Hiller

Senior
Breast
Gracie O

Gracie O'Connell

Junior
Free/Fly/IM
Bernadette Ramoy

Bernadette Ramoy

Sophomore
Free/Breast/Fly/IM
Liz Ramoy

Liz Ramoy

Senior
Free/Breast/Fly/IM
Clementine Robins

Clementine Robins

Sophomore
Free/Back
Carter Roebuck

Carter Roebuck

Sophomore
Free/Breast